Pinckney (surname)

Pinckney is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Pinckney political family of South Carolina

 * Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice) (1699–1758), South Carolina politician, father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney, and uncle of Colonel Charles Pinckney
 * Colonel Charles Pinckney (1731–1782), South Carolina politician, British Loyalist during Revolutionary War, father of the Governor Charles Pinckney
 * Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), Revolutionary War general and Federalist Party presidential candidate
 * Charles Pinckney (governor) (1757–1824), drafter of the United States Constitution, father of Henry Laurens Pinckney, and second cousin of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
 * Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793), South Carolina planter
 * Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), South Carolina governor, ambassador to Britain, diplomat who arranged Pinckney's Treaty, and a brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
 * Henry L. Pinckney (1794–1863), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
 * John M. Pinckney (1845–1905), U.S. Representative from Texas; his parents were from South Carolina

Others

 * Bertine Pinckney (1824–1909), American politician
 * Callan Pinckney (1939–2012), American fitness professional
 * Clementa C. Pinckney (1973–2015), American politician
 * Darryl Pinckney (born 1953), American author and critic
 * Ed Pinckney (born 1963), American basketball player
 * Frank L. Pinckney (1884–1945), American college basketball coach
 * John A. Pinckney (1905–1972), American prelate of the Episcopal Church
 * Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957), American novelist and poet
 * Michael Pinckney (born 1998), American football player
 * Scott Pinckney (born 1989), American professional golfer
 * St. Clair Pinckney (1930–1999), American saxophonist
 * Violet Pinckney (1871–1955), English tennis player